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ALTH.EA OFFICINALIS. 

 Common Marsh-Mallow. 



Class XVI. Monadelphia.— Order III. Polyandria. 

 Nat. Ord. Malvaceae. 



Gen. Char. Styles numerous. Calyx double; exterior 

 of six to nine segments. Capsules numerous, arranged 

 in a cirele, one-seeded. 



Spec. Char. Leaves soft and tomentose on both sides, 

 cordate or ovate, toothed, entire, or three-lobed. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, many-flowered, much shorter than the 

 leaves. 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek .... i,x6al» ; tfacrHos. 



f Althaea Dioscoridis et Plinii. Bauh. Pin. 315. 



I Althaea vulgaris. Rati Syn. 252. Park. Theatr. 303. 

 Latin <J Althaea. Fuchs. 15. Cam. Epit. 667- 



I Althaea officinalis. Lin. Sp. PI. 966. Eng. Ft. iii. p. 244. 



I Eng. Bol. t. 147- 

 French. .. Guimauve. 



Italian... Malvavischio ; Bismalva ; Altca. 

 Spanish . . Malvavischo ; Altea. 

 Portuguese Althea ; Malvaisco. 

 German . . Eibisch ; Ibisch. 

 Dutch.... Heemst ; Heems-wortel. 

 Danish. . . Ibisk ; Althee. 

 Swedish. . . Alterot. 



Polish Slaz wloski 



Buss Podswonok. 



Description. — The root is perennial, thick, cylindrical, taper- 

 ing, whitish, somewhat ligneous, furnished with many strong 

 fibres. The stems are annual, erect, cylindrical, leafy, and 

 downy ; branched towards the top, and from two to three feet in 

 height. The leaves are alternate, petiolalc, about two inches in 



